What we do
Our mission is to create opportunities for young people to become personal leaders and develop lifelong skills, habits and confidence to thrive.
We value young people, we believe in them, we educate them, and we motivate and inspire them to do the same for themselves.
Our vision is a world where all young people have opportunities to be their best.
Through our personal leadership programs and wraparound services, we put young people in positive control of their own lives. Equipping them with the enterprise skills they need for the future, and developing their wellbeing and resilience to be prepared for any challenges they may face.
All of our evidence-based programs are designed to empower the individual and focus on developing long-term happiness, setting and achieving goals, increasing motivation, developing positive communication, enhancing confidence, and improving relationships.
By becoming a personal leader, young people are given the skills, habits, and confidence to not only cope, but thrive.
Programs For Schools
Programs For Workforce and Group Training
Programs For Individuals
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Personal Leadership Program
Our face-to-face Personal Leadership Program is delivered in partnership with schools one day per week over 10 weeks and rewards students with 20 SACE points on successful completion. The program provides young people with the enterprise skills they need for future education and employment success, along with tools to increase confidence, self-worth, and motivation, helping them to build the optimism and resilience to overcome adversity throughout their lives.
Graduate Engagement
As an added service for our School-based Personal Leadership Program graduates, students receive follow-up support for two years after completing our program to ensure the sustainability of outcomes and reinforce program concepts.
Scholarships
To support our school-based Personal Leadership Program graduates facing financial hardship, we offer scholarships that enable them to pursue and achieve their academic goals. Scholarships can be used for financial aid, career guidance, and academic tutoring, along with one graduate being awarded access to a full University Scholarship thanks to the Adam Scott Foundation.
360 Parent & Teacher Support
As an added service to our school-based partners, we offer support to parents and caregivers to help them understand the program content and extend their knowledge in the areas of wellbeing and resilience through face-to-face seminars and online workshops.
Thrive @ School
Thrive @ School takes our Personal Leadership Program online, giving schools the flexibility to tailor the program to suit student needs and deliver core components of our program in a modularised format that meets SACE and Personal Learning Plan (PLP) requirements. The program equips students with the 21st century and enterprise skills that will see them thrive in education, employment, and life while improving wellbeing and resilience.
Bespoke Services – Schools
We understand young people have diverse needs. This is why we work with your school to find the best solution to meet your requirements. Whether that means building capacity in your staff or working directly with your young people, we can offer a range of tailored programs across personal leadership development, enterprise skills, youth mental health first aid, and wellbeing and resilience training.
Thrive @ Work
The future of work means young people today need to be equipped with the skills and confidence to thrive. Our online Thrive @ Work program is delivered over 8 or 16 weeks in partnership with industry, workforce, and group training organisations. It includes one-to-one coaching and peer mentoring. The program helps improve the performance and retention of participants by equipping them with enterprise skills such as critical and creative thinking, positive communication, collaboration, confidence, and digital literacy.
Apprenticeship Program
Our Apprenticeship program is an adaptation of our long-standing Personal Leadership Program which helps to increase retention and build apprentices’ lifelong skills and habits to increase workplace success in the future. Delivered flexibility to meet the needs of our partners, the program equips these young people with the skills they need to be engaged and effective employees.
Sports Clubs
Working in partnerships with sports clubs, we deliver our Thrive @ Life program to build the personal leadership of players, both in the game and in life. Delivered online over 16 weeks, and coupled with one-on-one coaching and peer mentoring, participants gain skills in; goal planning, problem-solving and critical thinking, collaboration, positive communication, and leadership.
Corporate Engagement
Is your business looking at ways to build the personal leadership of your staff? As well as improving their wellbeing and resilience? We can work with you to build a program that builds personal leaders and helps achieve specific learning and development goals of your organisation. And of course, being a program delivered by our team, you know there will be a huge dose of inspiration, and the great feeling that your engagement has allowed us to support more young people facing adversity to participate in our personal leadership programs.
Bespoke Services – Workforce & Groups
We understand young people have diverse needs. This is why we work with our partners to find the best solution to meet your requirements – whether that be building capacity in your staff, or working directly with your young people. We can offer a range of tailored programs for councils, community groups, workforce, and sporting clubs across personal leadership development, enterprise skills, youth mental health first aid, and wellbeing and resilience training.
Thrive @ Life
Thrive @ Life is our online Personal Leadership Program which puts you in the driving seat of your life. This 8-week program is designed for young people aged between 15 and 25, and equips you with enterprise skills for your future, including digital literacy, and helps build your wellbeing and resilience to tackle life’s future challenges. On top of all of this, you become a certified Personal Leader giving you a competitive edge amongst your peers.
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